Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-10-07

assault upon little Emma Carlson, aged 2
years at Lisbon in June last, has been
found guilty. He will be sentenced TO
Jackson for Ii e.
The English Kitchen" cheap hotel at
pa Jefferson avenue, Detroit, was burned
on the morning of the lst inst, and two
men who were rooming in the building
were burned TO death.
Lena Bonnet of Kalamazoo, died in
Grand Rapids few days ago under
peculiar circumstances. Circumstances
indicate that young man who kept com
pany with her is guilty of n crime.
Richard McRae, farmer living in
Bloomfield, was returning home the other
night, when his team became frightened
and ran away and threw him from the
wagon. He died three hours later.
Prof. q. j. Stillwell Of Alma, has his
grammar of the Volapuk language about
ready for the press, and he is putting in
all his spare time in manufacturing a
Stillwell unabridged OF the Nolapuk.
The badges worn by Michigan ladies at
the g. a. H. encampment in st. Louis are
said to have been the most beautiful of
any at the convention. The badges were
the work of Miss Mabel Plumber of Lans-
ing,
In the course OF his official duties Depu
~ Sheriff Jerry Smith of Alma, had to
take IA COW on execution from Clinton
Nelson and Nelson has had the officer ar
rested on the charge of cruelty to ami
mails.
The family OF S. II. Evans, living near
Milan were poisoned by milk the other
night. The son, aged about Il, died from
the effect the same night Mrs. Evans
fingered until the next day, when she too,
died.
Sylvester Ii. Van Lenvan an Old resi-
dent of Alma, was taken TO Arkansas last
January on a charge OF numbering Thorn
a Her, also an old resident of Alma,
while on visit TO Arkansas. Van Lenvan
has been acquitted
Albert Rouse, hotel keeper in Dewitt
Clinton county, has been found guilty in
a St Johns justice court of selling liquor
on the Fourth of July last, contrary to
law, and fined by the court $50 and costs
making total Of SOB.
Dennis Downer. connected with the
Pacific express robbery several years ago
and arrested at the instance of Detective
L. O'Neil of Detroit, has been captured in
Chicago for the robbery of Clark q Gill
ner's store in Grass Lake a short time ago
George Durham, "a well TODD farmer
living near Flushing was struck by Flint
q Pere Marquette engine near Saginaw
as he was driving in with a load Of pro-
duce. He was seriously wounded about
the head and back and is in critical con-
dition.
An accident occurred on the 500" road
near the new town OF Gladstone the other
day. A work train in backing down
struck a car and derailed the train. The
conductor and a brakeman were killed,
and several other train men were serious
ly injured
Standard lie insurance association Of
Bay City and old peoples life of Jackson
have notified State Insurance Commits
sioner Raymond that they will comply
with the law relative TO graveyard insur-
ance. It's believed all others will die or
leave tho state. Many have already.
W. ii. Fielding of Jackson, II years old
was induced to so to Montcalm county a
year a 20 to live with his son in-law, Henry
Kittley. Last week Kittley returned the
old man to Jack-on and left him there
penniless, and the authorities provided the
deserted father with accommodations at
the poorhouse.
Levi NJ. Brott, "A convict In the Jackson
prison, wanted a pardon, and so he faigned
paralysis and pretended to be getting deaf
and blind. He was in fair way to sue
coed until DR.. Williams remarked in his
presence that he would cut his skull open
TO learn the nature of his malady. Levi
rapidly recovered.
Nehemiah q. Sargent wants divorce
from Nancy Rufner Shoemaker Sargent
on the ground that she induced him to
marry her at Grand Rapids when he was
Il years old by stating that she was ~
when she was 81, and the widow Of VIM
Shoemaker, which Sargent believes to be
false. He is now Is.
Miss Alma Evans, daughter of Mrs. S.
II. Evans who died in Milan a few days
ago of milk poisoning shortly after the
death OF her son from the same cause, has
since died. Mr.. Evans, who is the only
survivor Of the family, will probably not
recover. Or Vaughn will examine the
daughters stomach for tyrotoxicon.
Fred Zimmerman, an old resident Of Ma
rine City, and a hard working industrious
man. fell from the roof of building upon
which he was Singing and broke his neck
the other afternoon. Death resulted al
most instantly. lie was 60 years old hav-
ing been born in Germany and emigrated
to this country forty five years ago.
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon
land grant restored to public domain
amounts to 25s,00O acres, lying in Mar
quotte Iron Barags, Houghton and Onton
agon counties. Land will be open for
homestead and presumption entries com
msncing Oct -, with recognized prior
claim for actual settlers on the lands since
Aug. 10.
The house OF Frank Hook in Muskegon
was discovered on fire while the man and
wife were up town. The ir three children
aged B. 3 and IL, who were asleep in the
house. were suffocated by smoke before the
fire could be extinguished. The fire was
caused by the explosion of a lamp. The
father had left the house only half hour
Lefora tho fire was al scoyered